Hacker News with Generative AI: Restaurants

When the Check Came for Outdoor Dining (slate.com)
Four years ago, as pundits and politicians predicted the end of the city, an unlikely symbol of resilience emerged: a hastily built wooden platform, in the curb lane outside a restaurant, where people could eat and drink without fear of infection.
Restaurants, Pandemic, Urban Planning
9 points by rntn 30 days ago | 1 comments
California passes law allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes (medicalxpress.com)
Starting next year, diners in the western US state of California can smoke cannabis at certain restaurants, thanks to a new law allowing for "cannabis cafes" akin to those popularized in the Netherlands.
Cannabis, California Law, Legalization, Restaurants
24 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 10 comments
Kitchen staff were canaries in the coal mine (2022) (economistwritingeveryday.com)
I’ve long been a lurker on r/kitchenconfidential. I did a few brief tours in the service industry when I was younger and my partner used to manage a successful upscale restaurant. If you’ve spent anytime in a restaurant after closing in the last ten years, then you probably aren’t surprised by the continuing labor shortage in the service industry.
Labor Shortages, Service Industry, Restaurants
65 points by toomuchtodo 67 days ago | 69 comments
When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting with an AI Host (wired.com)
A pleasant female voice greets me over the phone. “Hi, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says. “How can I help?”
Artificial Intelligence, Restaurants, Customer Service
14 points by rntn 72 days ago | 23 comments
David Chang on the long, hard, stupid way (herbertlui.net)
I recently came across a great quote from David Chang, “Just because we’re a casual restaurant, doesn’t mean we don’t hold ourselves to fine dining standards. We try to do things the right way. That usually means doing things the long, hard, stupid way.”
Food, Restaurants, Business, Interviews
263 points by herbertl 83 days ago | 169 comments
How Landlocked Reno became a destination for all-you-can-eat sushi (sfgate.com)
Food, Restaurants, Reno, Nevada, Travel
17 points by geocrasher 88 days ago | 5 comments
When I'm Dining Out, Should I Have to Deal with Your Dogs? (nytimes.com)
Dining, Etiquette, Pets, Restaurants
11 points by lxm 92 days ago | 8 comments
More people than ever are eating alone at restaurants (cnn.com)
Dining, Restaurants, Social Trends
22 points by rntn 94 days ago | 14 comments
A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant (2017) (washingtonpost.com)
Restaurants, Business, Reviews
276 points by mhb 99 days ago | 481 comments
Restaurants fight FTC crackdown on junk fees as diners balk at new charges (cnbc.com)
Restaurants, FTC, Consumer Protection, Fees
20 points by rntn 101 days ago | 3 comments
Red Mill Burgers (2020) (robko.ch)
Food, Restaurants, Reviews
8 points by koch 110 days ago | 3 comments
Japanese restaurants: "not charging tourists more, just charging locals less" (cnn.com)
Japan, Tourism, Restaurants, Pricing
22 points by RestlessMind 131 days ago | 48 comments
After 12 years of reviewing restaurants, I'm leaving the table (nytimes.com)
Food, Restaurants, Reviews, Personal Essays
147 points by necubi 140 days ago | 176 comments
Wells Fargo analysts ordered 75 burrito bowls from 8 Chipotles (qz.com)
Finance, Business, Food, Restaurants
13 points by CharlesW 154 days ago | 3 comments
A fancy credit card is becoming the only way to get a restaurant reservation (theatlantic.com)
Restaurants, Credit Cards, Reservations, Consumerism
11 points by fortran77 155 days ago | 6 comments
The Era of the Line Cook (newyorker.com)
Food, Restaurants, Labor
48 points by tintinnabula 166 days ago | 33 comments
I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Going to Waste? (wired.com)
Food Waste, Sustainability, Restaurants, Experimentation
10 points by axiomdata316 168 days ago | 0 comments
Restaurants Place Big Bets on Cooking Robots (axios.com)
Robotics, Restaurants, Automation
20 points by ecliptik 175 days ago | 58 comments
Rubios Coastal Grill citing rising costs shuts down 48 restaurants in California (latimes.com)
Business, Restaurants, California, Economics
18 points by instagib 183 days ago | 15 comments
The QR Backlash Has Won. Restaurants Are Ditching Them for Good. (wsj.com)
QR Codes, Restaurants, Technology, Business
31 points by bookofjoe 186 days ago | 99 comments
The Rise and Retreat of Ghost Kitchens (gadallon.substack.com)
Food Industry, Restaurants, Business, Technology
15 points by JumpCrisscross 190 days ago | 5 comments
How private equity rolled Red Lobster (nbcnews.com)
Private Equity, Business, Finance, Restaurants
46 points by Stratoscope 193 days ago | 3 comments
A vintage 1903 espresso machine at a Village cafe (2012) (wordpress.com)
Vintage, Coffee, New York, History, Restaurants
51 points by Drunk_Engineer 194 days ago | 29 comments
Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not endless shrimp (pluralistic.net)
Red Lobster, Private Equity, Restaurants, Business
99 points by cybersoyuz 194 days ago | 3 comments
Red Lobster, an American Seafood Institution, Files for Bankruptcy (nytimes.com)
Bankruptcy, Restaurants, Seafood, Business, American Culture
12 points by bookofjoe 197 days ago | 21 comments
Red Lobster Files for Bankruptcy (cnn.com)
Bankruptcy, Restaurants, Business, Finance
14 points by haunter 197 days ago | 0 comments
What happened to cheap food? Diners, Automats, and affordable eating [video] (youtube.com)
Food, Restaurants, History, Economics, Video
27 points by carabiner 203 days ago | 18 comments
The Economics of a Sweetgreen Salad (sherwood.news)
Economics, Food, Fast Food, Restaurants
44 points by jseliger 203 days ago | 58 comments
California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices (npr.org)
California, Restaurants, Pricing, Law, Consumer Protection
96 points by memset 207 days ago | 196 comments
Bay Area restaurants react to new Calif. law with anger, shock (sfgate.com)
Restaurants, California Law, Bay Area
25 points by kungfudoi 214 days ago | 32 comments